He mentioned 4G as one of two reasons why he didn't want to go for it.
ZOMG! Mah innerrnuts might loose uh Gee!
*sigh* My deepest sympathies, it still astounds me the excuses people come up with to
not save money sometimes. Basically, it sounds like he's saying he doesn't want to lose the exact same Sprint 4G WiMax and LTE coverage that you already have with Sprint that Ting
also has access to:
http://ting.com/coveragehttps://ting.com/blog/4g-lte-and-ting/Can you get data service when you're roaming in Verizon territory? No, but a) how often does that happen anyway, and b) is the internet urge so desperate that he can't stand the thought of losing even a
minute of data service while out in rural America? Wilderness! Trees! Animals! Take in the beauty instead of staring at a little glowing rectangle.
I think the other reason had something to do with "smartphones" and something being "off" with the price. I can't remember exactly, but it seemed stupid to me- if our smartphones work now, why can't they with Ting, since it's the SAME Sprint service?
Pretty much... and the only thing off with the prices are the ones you guys are currently paying for the services you're actually receiving. Accepting those as
normal instead of a
ripoff skews one's perception. We're talking about an MVNO here... a company that has
no physical cellular infrastructure of their own, buys
all their cellular service in bulk from not one, but
two major CDMA networks to resell, pays for the overhead of a support department in North America that actually
answers the phone, operates as a postpaid provider without any contracts, and
still turns enough of a profit off a pricing structure that shaves over $100 off
your bill every month without any usage changes to make it worth
their while to be in business.
Your husband wants to know what's
off? How about the fact that we have to go through middle man resellers like this who are making money
being middle man resellers just to actually save money with our cellular services in this country in the first place!
The only issue I see is that giant looming What-If of the early termination fees. Or if our phones somehow start having crappy service if we switch- which I see as highly unlikely.
I'm bummed.
It's easy to calculate ETFs and the ROI:
http://www.myrateplan.com/contract_termination_fees/http://www.techmeshugana.com/tools/wirelessroi.htmlIf your phones suddenly get crappy service after the switch, it'll be because Sprint is having issues, or your handset is failing or has been damaged. But yes, highly unlikely.
Don't let it bum you out... it just means you have to do more research and show him enough proof that it's worth the switch. Present the math in terms simple enough for a child to understand if you have to. If he's still not willing for any reason at that point, then there's nothing left to do but wave goodbye to the money.